Area Sales Manager - West

Okarno; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Okarno is seeking an Area Sales Manager to lead sales initiatives and enhance market share across the West region. This role requires strong negotiation skills and experience in sales, particularly in the construction/distribution sector. The manager will build relationships with clients and internal teams, ensuring a strategic approach to servicing the customer base.

Qualifications

• Experienced in sales, preferably in construction or distribution.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Proactive with the ability to identify opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Service and grow opportunities across the client base.
• Support and negotiate commercial deals and promotional activities.
• Maintain and grow key relationships with customers.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Commercial acumen

Proactive approach

Relationship building

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

At Okarno, we are looking for an Area Sales Manager working with our customers across trade & decorative clients across our West region.

You will be working closely with customers across builders' merchants, buying groups and decorator centres to implement a profitable and targeted sales plan, servicing our clients and improving our market share.

This role is covering our central region which includes some West Midlands, South Wales and South West regions. Successful candidates should possess a full UK driving license.

What we're looking for:

• Experienced of working within sales, preferably within construction/distribution or other similar industries
• Strong commercial acumen including negotiation skills
• Being proactive, being able to spot opportunities and able to fact-find with questions
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple simultaneous priorities

What you will be doing:

• Proactively service and grow opportunities across the client base
• Involvement in price increase discussions, supporting and negotiating commercial deals and promotional activity
• Visiting our customer bases regularly, maintain and growing those key relationships
• Be the focal point between customers and internal stakeholders including customer service, finance and demand planners

Are Okarno inclusive employers?

Saint-Gobain is the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing. At Saint-Gobain, we're always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We'll happily discuss any need you might have for this role: flexible hours, job-sharing, part-time working, or anything else that matters to you. We can't promise to meet every request when we're recruiting. But we do promise to listen.

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person, we look forward to hearing from you!